IT Governance Manager

Join a global technology organisation serving hundreds of millions of users worldwide. This is a highly visible governance role at the centre of operational resilience, helping ensure critical digital services remain secure, compliant, and resilient in an increasingly regulated environment.

You'll work across multiple teams, driving coordination, accountability, and governance while playing a key role in the organisation's DORA compliance and operational resilience strategy.

What you'll be doing

• Own and coordinate the organisation's DORA governance and operational resilience framework.
• Maintain key governance artefacts, including ICT inventories, third-party registers, dependency maps, and business continuity documentation.
• Ensure compliance evidence, audit records, and regulatory documentation remain accurate, complete, and inspection-ready.
• Coordinate internal and external audits, regulatory reviews, and supervisory requests.
• Manage operational resilience activities including incident reporting, post-incident reviews, resilience testing, recovery exercises, and business continuity reviews.
• Oversee third-party risk governance and ongoing supplier oversight activities.
• Track key risk indicators, remediation plans, and compliance actions, ensuring timely follow-up and closure.
• Facilitate governance forums and resilience committees while coordinating stakeholders across business and technology functions.
• Prepare executive and Board-level reporting on operational resilience, ICT risk, and regulatory readiness.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience in operational resilience, ICT risk, governance, compliance, or business continuity.
• Experience managing or coordinating DORA and ISO 22301 frameworks.
• Strong understanding of ICT risk management, operational resilience, and third-party risk oversight.
• Experience coordinating audits, regulatory inspections, and evidence management processes.
• Ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders, regulators, and cross-functional teams
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Education and Experience

• Diploma/Degree in a relevant field is preferred.
• Based in Malta with local experience.
• Experience within financial services, fintech, payments, or other regulated environments is a plus.
• Familiarity with MFSA and EU-level regulatory reporting requirements is desirable.

Benefits

• Hyrbid Work Model